Children running in and out of the kitchen, playing with their mother's skirts and pulling at her
apron strings added to her worry of making sure her special desserts came out of the oven the
right time. The ingredients for the cakes and pies baked were relatively common, for having fancy
foods to use usually meant a long wait for the next trip into town.

At least two Sundays of every month my grandmother, Alburvia Shaw, used to make this cake for
her family.